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Dec

Ron Paul and Joy Behar on the same stage?! How do they contain all the kookiness?!

Ron Paul was on The View yesterday with Joy Behar & Co., and craziness definitely ensued.

As an example, check out this intro:

Paul’s appearance on set didn’t come until the end of the show, after the in-depth discussion about Jennifer Love Hewitt’s cellulite and body image, the power going out at co-host Joy Behar’s last dinner party and Breslin’s aversion to math as taught by her tutors.

But Paul was there. The first Republican presidential hopeful to appear on the show, Paul was dubbed by Behar, an avowed supporter of Democrats, as her favorite Republican in the race because he opposes the Iraq War.

When Behar teased Paul’s appearance before going to commercial, she pointed out that he is, in addition to his 10 terms in Congress, an OB-GYN. “Two treats in one,” she told the audience, before poking a little fun at Paul.

As a large head shot of him smiling in front of an American flag flashed on screen, Behar asked, “Can you imagine that face staring at you from behind the stirrups.”

Co-host Sherri Shepherd said she thought Paul looked nice and she wouldn’t mind him delivering her baby.

Not your typical Ron Paul introduction.

Wow, what a classy way to introduce a presidential candidate. Real smooth.

Joy Behar, of course, loooooves Ron Paul because of his anti-war stance, but he’s also against abortion, so she just couldn’t possibly support him, darn it.

Showing her political prowess, Whoopi Goldberg asked Paul about China and “all the things that have been going on there”. Paul’s zinger of a response? “Treat China like any other country.”

Man, oh man. (Or maybe I should say woman?) Looks like The View is truly now on its way to becoming an important, relevant show that doesn’t just talk about stupid woman issues. I mean, before Ron Paul took the stage, the ladies discussed Jennifer Love Hewitt’s — GASP!! — cellulite, and how the power went out at Joy Behar’s last dinner party. Riveting, indeed.

My number one question, though, is this. How did the producers do it?? With both Ron Paul and Joy Behar on stage, how were they able to support and contain all the craziness?!

Hat Tip: Liberty Pundit

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Oct

Picture of the Day, Part Two: Ron Paul

By: Cassy | Discussion (11) | Filed Under: Election 08 • Ron Paul

Tee-hee:

That picture made me giggle.

And while we’re on the subject of Ron Paul, I’d like to point you over to Right Wing News, where John Hawkins is explaining why people don’t like Ron Paul (I’m not going to post the entire thing, just my favorite little nuggets):

It’s no secret that I don’t care much for Ron Paul, but after reading some of the hurt and angry responses from Ron Paul fans to his first place finish in the Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select Their Least Favorite People On The Right (2007 Edition) poll, I thought it might be worth taking the time to explain to them why Paul is so unpopular with mainstream conservatives.

In an effort to be polite, I am not going to be snarky about it, but I should forewarn Paul’s fans and, for that matter, any “Big L” Libertarians who may be reading, that they are probably not going to like what they read. I’m not trying to be insulting, but without a certain amount of bluntness, it’s impossible to get some of these points across.

First of all, a lot of Republicans are strongly pro-war and the fact that Ron Paul is not only anti-war, but has adopted some of the more obnoxious and inflammatory rhetoric of the Left about the war is extremely grating. According to Paul, Iraq is a war for oil and empire, engineered by neocons, and in Paul’s book, we deserved to be attacked on 9/11.

When you aim that sort of rhetoric at people who strongly support the war and feel that it’s justified, moral, and in America’s best interests, it’s guaranteed to generate a huge wave of hostility. Additionally, Paul’s thoughtless, “we must leave immediately, regardless of the consequences,” position on Iraq comes across as poorly thought out. Even if you thought that the war was a bad idea and opposed it from day one, the idea that we can simply extricate ourselves from Iraq immediately because it’s unpleasant, with no consequences, is the sort of thing you’d expect to hear from a 16 year old at an anti-war rally, not something you expect from a candidate for President. Even Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama, all of whom have spent months trying to convince their base that they’re the most anti-war of all the top tier candidates, are saying we may be in Iraq for years to come.

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Going beyond that, Ron Paul’s support for the North American Union conspiracy and his winks and nods to the 9/11 truther crowd appall many conservatives. After spending much of the last six years ripping on liberals for tolerating wild eyed conspiracy theorists, it’s embarrassing to many conservatives to have someone on our side, running for President, who’s encouraging people on the Right to behave in the same fashion.

This leads us to the last big problem that Ron Paul has: despite the fact that Ron Paul is polling at somewhere between 2%-4% nationally, he has, for whatever reason, more obnoxious supporters backing him than all the other candidates combined. If you write a column or a post knocking John McCain, Mitt Romney, or Rudy Giuliani, you’ll certainly have some people disagreeing with you, some of them strongly. If you knock Ron Paul, you’ll often have hordes of social misfits making obnoxious comments, spamming your polls, touting conspiracy theories, insulting conservatives in general, and doing everything possible to make nuisances of themselves.

I’m not sure there’s much I can add to what John wrote. As usual, he pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Frankly, I’ve always just found Ron Paul annoying. I mean, his positions are annoying enough, but by God, what is with the Ron Paul supporters? They reacted so badly to a post I wrote about Ron Paul in Jacksonville, that I had to delete comments and threaten to enable commenting restrictions. It’s apalling, embarassing, and you know what? I’ll say it again, annoying that we’ve got a truther nutjob running for President as a Republican. It’s annoying to see Ron Paul wanting to get rid of the CIA and the Patriot Act. His conspiracy theories are annoying. And the “we must leave Iraq NOW, no matter the consequences!” viewpoint is annoying and potentially dangerous. He fits in better at DailyKos than he does with conservatives.

I say he’s annoying over and over again because honestly, that’s what he is. He’s annoying. He’s not a viable candidate (let’s be honest, folks, he ain’t goin’ nowhere), he’s just this guy hanging around the election spouting out crazy conspiracy theories and rhetoric. I mean, he has his positives (George Bush could take some lessons from Ron Paul on spending, that’s for sure), but Ron Paul has so many negatives that it makes it difficult for people who aren’t diehard Ron Paul supporters to find the positives in there, which will make it more than a little difficult for him to gain any new supporters.

When I think of Ron Paul, the image I get is of an annoying little housefly buzzing around your head. You know he’s not going to sting you or anything, but the little fly is just bugging the crap out of you. You swat at it and swat at it, but it just won’t go away. I think of Ron Paul and think of him as this little annoying housefly buzzing around the race for the candidacy that most people wish would just go away.

Yes, I’m fully aware of the uproar from the Ron Paul supporters I’ll probably get from this post. Go right on ahead — bring on the spammers. I’m still giggling at that picture.

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Aug

Ron Paul is taking over my city!!

By: Cassy | Discussion (21) | Filed Under: Election 08 • Republicans • Ron Paul

Something strange has happened. As I’ve been driving to various places the past two days, I’ve noticed something scary, slightly funny, and noticeably different.

There are Ron Paul banners. EVERYWHERE.

I’ve begun seeing them on interstates, boulevards, residential streets… they are literally everywhere. Knowing that this means there are undoubtedly Ron Paul supporters at work, and knowing how they tend to be a little bit… uh… different, it makes me slightly nervous. I guess I just never knew that north Florida was such a political hotspot. I mean, during the last presidential election I practically begged the Duval County Republican Party to let me volunteer, and nothing. I had to drive a few hours away to the Democrat-heavy Daytona to help campaign (that was one of the best weekends of my life, facing off against near-violent Kerry supporters, and I’m not being sarcastic — it was LOADS of fun). Here in Duval, they don’t seem to really do much, perhaps because Duval County almost always votes Republican, they feel they don’t need to.

At any rate, apparently Ron Paul supporters have taken over. I haven’t seen a banner for one other candidate, Republican or Democrat. And when I think of Ron Paul supporters invading, for some reason it makes me think of zombies. I’m not entirely sure why, but I just get this vision in my head of zombies, all dead-eyed, marching around while moaning, “RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT. RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT.”

It’s a well-known fact that most of his supporters are truthers, nutjobs, and spammers who for some reason are more attached to him than John Edwards is attached to hairspray and mousse. And they’ve congregated to my city, for some unknown reason. Should make for some interesting times coming up!

Join the Ron Paul Revolution? No thanks.